Nokia N810 Pocket Computer

By Alice Hill
RealTechNews

Call them Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs) or pocket computers - this is a category that just won’t die. Here’s why: I got the PepperPad back when it launched - a small tablet-style device you could stick on a kitchen counter and manipulate with a touch screen, stylus, thumb-wheel mouse, and an odd and mostly not so useful split keyboard. But it had WiFi and if I loaded up five or six tabs of websites I like to visit, it was a fast way to at-a-glance check in on world news, this website, and even driving directions, random facts and weather.

But the PepperPad was not very mobile. The new Nokia N810 adds a slide out keyboard making it something you may want to take along with you. The 810 ships next month with a $479 price tag, and includes WiFi, Bluetooth and integrated GPS.

We Say: without a phone but along for the ride, making this platform more mobile may make it seem less useful after all. Source: Information Week